China and the West

Yuan, Zhenying. Yibusheng she hui zhe xue [ID D26249].
Yuan schreibt : "Ibsen is advocating the 'individual I' as if telling us that 'if you want to change society, you must begin with the individual'. The individual has to recapture the original character within himself, because he must not be influenced by society, he must stand on his own. He must throw away the false traditions, search for truth and enlightenment and restore his own abilities in order so serve with all his might the future of society. Indeed Ibsen is a leader of the society. Social sensibilities must develop in an enlightened manner."
Elisabeth Eide : Yuan summed up Ibsen's negative aspects in the following matter : religion was totally unsuited to the twentieth century because it made people negative. To Ibsen there was no substantial difference between the negative aspects of religion and those of plitics. Both suppressed independent thought. Ibsen's reason for attacking the traditional press was that he wanted to pave the way for a new press with 'real and true' freedom. Ibsen treated the theme of the traditional family in several of his plays. The traditional marriage was based on material considerations, hence men naturally exploited women. Present day education merely ruined the individual's vitality.